Join the Library for the 5th annual Local Author Fair, where attendees can connect with local authors from their community. The fair will allow authors to talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know the readers living in their community. The fair will begin after a keynote speech by writer Allen Eskens at 10:15am.

Because social distancing may be harder in program spaces, masks are strongly encouraged at library programs so all patrons can safely participate.

Allen Eskens is the bestselling author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of Another, The Heavens May Fall, The Deep Dark Descending, The Shadows We Hide, Nothing More Dangerous, and The Stolen Hours. He is the recipient of the Barry Award, Minnesota Book Award, Rosebud Award (Left Coast Crime), and Silver Falchion Award and has been a finalist for the Edgar® Award, Thriller Award, and Anthony Award. His books have been translated into 26 languages.

Allen has a journalism degree from the University of Minnesota and a law degree from Hamline University. After law school, he studied creative writing in the M.F.A. program at Minnesota State University-Mankato, as well as the Loft Literary Center and the Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival. Allen grew up on the hills of central Missouri. He now lives with his wife, Joely, in greater Minnesota where he recently retired after practicing criminal law for 25 years.